What does the Horizontal Stack in automated RCA represent?

The Horizontal Stack in automated RCA (Root Cause Analysis) primarily focuses on showing how the application interacts with various services within its architecture. This representation is crucial for understanding the flow of requests between the application and the services it relies on, such as microservices, APIs, or third-party services.

By visualizing this interaction, Dynatrace helps users identify service-level dependencies, bottlenecks, and potential points of failure that directly affect application performance. This insight is essential for diagnosing issues and optimizing the overall application ecosystem.

The other options do not align with the core function of the Horizontal Stack. They pertain to different aspects of application architecture or management. For example, the interaction with databases or how configurations are managed involves different layers of analysis, while the monitoring of events focuses more on the observability aspect rather than the direct interactions within the architecture itself. Understanding this distinction highlights the importance of service interactions in automated RCA.